New software displays city bike availability on Vienna buses (Austria)

Vienna has introduced software on trams and buses that shows passengers the number of bicycles available at upcoming stops with bike-sharing terminals.

The technology – a joint project between public transport operator Wiener Linien, Citybike Wien and INFOSCREEN, the manufacturers of the screens – was trialled in August and fully introduced across the city earlier this month.

The software has access to the Citybike Wien server, which allows the screens to show passenger real-time information on the number of bicycles currently available at each stop.